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Chloe Taylor

Two 10-year-old kids found working at a Louisville McDonald’s until 2 a.m.—for no pay

An employee takes a basket of French fries out of the fryer at a branch of the McDonald's fast food chain on Martin-Luther-Strasse in Giesing. (Credit: Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A Kentucky McDonald’s was fined by authorities this week after it allowed children to carry out unpaid work, with one of them illegally using the deep fryer.

The U.S. Department of Labor said on Tuesday that its investigators had discovered two 10-year-old children working in the kitchen at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant.

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